The sun caught the edge of this young alligators eye which in turn caught my eye. I probably walked right past this guy on the way to shooting a feeding buck but didn't notice it.
I really wanted the foreground gator to be sharper but that goal was not attainable with the lighting and working distance that I had at the time. Part of me wanted to clone it out but it seems to add some symmetry to the shot. Thoughts?
EOS1DsMKIII
600mm f4 at near minimum focusing distance.
No flash
Hi Michael,
I like the look of the top gator (especially the slightly visible submerged bits) but the lack of texture/detail in the bottom would make me look at a pano type crop of only the top one with a little more space in front.
I love the glow on the upper gator's head...but the fact that the lower gator isn't sharp doesn't work for me in this composition....perhaps it would work if you'd go for a bit more panoramic approach?
In most wildlife compositions containg more than one animal you usually need the closest to be sharp and in focus. This isn't always the case especially when the animal in back is doing something pertaining to the animal in fromt. In this case however the back gator in focus really doesn't work. Love the lighting here.
Here's a version that is cropped 10 x 20. I'm not all that happy about the almost centered subject but with this crop and the available realestate it is what it is...
What I have done in these cases is focus on each and make two images then merge them later. I have also focus bracketed gators when photographing them in a vertical format from nose to tail.
I really like the look of the water and the tonality.
Glow
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